I don't know if this is possible to do with ant. a) I would like to execute remote build files from windows XP.For eg I would like to start JBOSS and Weblogic .I have looked into AntServer and RemoteAnt . b) Is there a way for ant after executing the Antserver task to get the command prompt to listen to remote request Eager to receive your replies. <project name="RMI" basedir="." default="start.ant.server">
<path id="classpath"> <fileset dir="/home/jboss/downloads/apache-ant-1.6.4//lib"> <include name="**/*.*jar"/> </fileset> </path> <target name="start.ant.server"> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"> <classpath refid="classpath"/> </taskdef> <antserver port="12345"/> </target> </project>